Barefoot Gen: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima #2

Keiji Nakazawa's *Barefoot Gen* Volume 2 continues one of manga's most searingly human stories of survival in the aftermath of Hiroshima. The cover, drawn and inked by Nakazawa himself, is split into two devastating images: above, a lone silhouetted figure crouches amid a wasteland of jagged, broken debris; below, a young boy's face is caught in an anguished, open-mouthed cry, surrounded by chaos and motion lines. Together these two panels capture the raw grief and desperate endurance at the heart of "The Day After" — a story that refuses to look away from what war truly costs.